Spout



SPOUT Filed Jan. 26. 1921 FIG.3.

Patented May 22, M923. f

entre@ suaves runcv nicnonasnoornn, or LONDON, Eigenaren.l

SPOUT.

Application led January 26, 1921.y Serial No. 440,074.

To all w kom it. may concern Be it known that I, PERCY NICHOLAS Hoornn, a'subject ofthe King of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented new and useful improvements in S-pouts, of which the following is a speci-' fication.

This invention relates to improvements in spoiits or like ypouring orifices for oil cans and like liquid containers, 'more especially cans or containers of rectangular orcylindrical form. with fiat heads having the spouts or pouring orifices set near tothe edges of such heads. ln cans or containers of Vthis kind the spoilt or 'pouring orifice is usually a separate part which .is soldered, s un or otherwise fixed in an aperture in vt e head of the can.

According to this invention a tubular part is slidably mounted in the above mentioned spout or pouring orifice fixed in the head of the can so that it can be pushed into the can into a position in which it projects only slightly, if at all, outside of the fixed spout or pouring orifice, and so that it can be drawn out to act .as a pouring spout or nozzle of which the mouth is at an appreciable distance away from the head of the can, according to the length of, such 3 slidable part. packing material of a suitable kind is inserted between the fixed spout and the said slidable part which is guided therein and provided with flanges at its ends to prevent it from being entirely.

drawn out of itsguide in either direction. Thisconstruction provides a long spout which, under ordinary circumstances, is stowed .within the can but which, when occasion arises, can be drawn out to enable the contents of the can to be poured direct:

ly therefrom into an oil cup or feed reservoir situated in such a position that the can' cannot be brought close to the lling opening thereof. 'Whenthe Atubular part is so drawn out from the can and inserted in the l filling opening of the oil cup or feed reservoir whichis to be replenished, the can may be tilted to the required angle without spill# ing of the contents of the can.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a view in section of part of a can fitted with-the improved arrangement of spout according to this invention. showing the slidable tubular part stowed within' the can.

"Figure 2 is a sectional view of a cap for closing the said spout.

Figure 3 `1s a view similar to Flgure l,

showing the slidable tubular part in side.'

elevation and in its extended position.

Referring to thedrawing, 1 is thehead of a can and 2 is the usual spout, the lower flared end of which is inserted in a groove or bead on a` plate 3 which, with thc spout, is then soldered to the head 1. This fixed spoilt 2 is preferably screw threaded to receive a cap 4. A. tubular part 5 is mounted to slide within the spout 2, apiece of packing material 6 being inserted in the spout between the spout and the tubular part 5 and heldl in place between the inturned upper end 7 of the spout 2 and the plate 3 which also has an opening'of the same shape as'the' tubular part 5 to receive and form a guide for the part 5. lThe rims or lips surrounding the openings in which the tubular part 5 is guidedare curved'in cross-section,

'as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. When the part 5, is in the position shown in Figure 1, the cap 4 can be screwed onto the fixed spout 2 to close the latter, a washer or disc 8 within the cap being compressed on to the edge of the spout. the part 5 and packing 6 being then entirely shut in beneath this cap. The accumulation of-dust ordirt on any lip or part over whichn the liquid flows when being poured out is thus prevented.

When the cap 4 is 4removed the tubular part 5 can be drawn out to the position shown in Figure 2. A bar 9 or other suitable `means may be provided within the tubular part 5 sc as to be grasped bythe fingers or taken hold of by a,V suitable implement in order -to draw the tubular part 5 outwardly. The part 5 is` preferably flanged or flared at both ends after it has been placed .in position in the spout 2, to'

can, ofa yplate having a central opening therein, a lip curved in cross-section bounding the said opening, a. spout having one end seated on the said plate and-having aty its other end an internal flange provided with a lip curved in cross-section, a tubular part slidably mounted in the o enings bounded by the said curved lips, an a bar mounted within the said tubular part adje- 1. The combination with the head of az screw threads formed on its exterior to le- 10 eeive a cap, and a tubular part slidably mounted in the openings bounded by the said curved lips. 4

PERCY NICHOLAS HOOPER.

Witnesses JOHN THoMAs KNoWLEs, HERBERT ARTHUR B EEsToN. 

